heaven and earth; top and bottom
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
number of households (houses)
early (days); initial stage; initial
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
operating ratio; rate of operation; availability factor
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
mountain range; mountain belt
visual confirmation; sighting
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to go to extremes; to go to excess; to go too far
strong wind; high wind; moderate gale
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
flight; desertion; escape
to thrust away; to send flying
screaming; squawking; squealing; loud complaining; noisy conversation
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
samurai who carries his general's banner while riding into battle; small war flag attached to the back of one's armour during battle